Talks on a new public sector pay deal have been adjourned without agreement with unions claiming there is a "significant impasse" between the sides.

France will deploy a 70,000-strong police presence to contain expected unrest in the latest nationwide protests.

Over the past few months there have been positive noises about the housing market. There is a shift under way, but it is a number of relatively small moves in the right direction, writes David Murphy

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) medical student Thomas Baldauf is heading to San Juan in Argentina attempting to break a Guinness World Record by becoming the youngest male to complete an Ironman triathlon on six different continents.

A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution if they fail to comply with its directives on processing ballots.